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Mike Glenn

Mike Glenn

mglenn@washingtontimes.com

Mike Glenn grew up on Navy bases as the son of a career sailor but then decided to annoy his father and joined the Army after he graduated from high school in the Dallas area. He did a hitch as an enlisted soldier in Germany during the Cold War, where he spent a considerable amount of time in the field on maneuvers. After leaving the Army, he moved back home to northeast Texas and entered the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied history. He also took Army ROTC classes at UT Arlington and upon graduation received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss in El Paso and took his platoon to the Middle East where he fought in the Gulf War. He got into journalism after Operation Desert Storm and has worked at newspapers and magazines throughout Texas. He joined The Washington Times from the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at mglenn@washingtontimes.com.

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Lt. Col. (Ret.) William LcLean plays the National Anthem before a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony aboard the USS New Jersey Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Camden, N.J. (Joe Lamberti/Camden Courier-Post via AP) **FILE**

New U.S. Navy sub takes on legendary name

The latest USS New Jersey is back on the high seas, a nuclear-powered, cruise missile-armed fast attack submarine, designed to take on new adversaries like China and Russia in both littoral and deep water missions.

November 12, 2021
In this July 1, 2019, file photo, a homeless man moves his belongings from a street near Los Angeles City Hall, background, as crews prepared to clean the area. While exact numbers are difficult to track, most officials believe that approximately 40,000 U.S. military veterans are without permanent, safe shelter on an average night. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Veteran homelessness a focus as nation honors those who served

The tent city outside the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration campus just off the 405 Freeway resembled more a military encampment than a makeshift shantytown thrown up by vagrants. The tents were lined up with a soldierly precision and each sported a prominent American flag.

November 9, 2021
In this file photo, U.S. Army soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment look for suspicious activity from an observation point during an area reconnaissance mission off Highway 1 in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 1, 2010. A female soldier in the Montana Army National Guard became the first woman to complete the U.S. Army Sniper Course, Army officials announced. (DOD photo by Spc. Joshua Grenier, U.S. Army) **FILE**

First woman graduates from Army’s sniper school

A female soldier in the Montana Army National Guard has become the first woman to join an elite cadre of snipers following her graduation from the Army's grueling training course.

November 9, 2021
Marine recruits at Parris Island Recruit Depot, S.C., on May 27, 2020 (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor) **FILE**

Corps revamping how it recruits and retains Marines

For decades, the Marine Corps personnel system has treated every Marine as a round peg and every assignment as a round hole. But It's time to realize that Marines and assignments come in different shapes and sizes, Marine Corps Commandant David Berger said this week.

November 4, 2021
In this file photo, Hickam 15th Medical Group hosts the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP)

Thousands could face dismissal as Air Force vaccine mandate takes effect

Thousands of Air Force personnel could face dismissal from the ranks for defying an order to get fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Nov. 2, a first test of the Pentagon's vaccination mandate that is being closely watched by the nation's other military services.

November 1, 2021

Marine Corps considering allowing more tattoos

The Marine Corps is weighing a move to ease the service's restrictive tattoo policy, but officials are warning troops to wait until any new policy is formally announced before getting more ink done.

October 27, 2021
Military personnel guide an American F-35 during the NATO Steadfast Defender 2021 exercises on board the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth off the coast of Portugal, Thursday, May 27, 2021. NATO has helped provide security in Afghanistan for almost two decades but the government and armed forces in the conflict-torn country are strong enough to stand on their own feet without international troops to back them, the head of the military organization said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

Texas tops Virginia, California at securing lucrative defense deals

More defense dollars over the last five years have been spent in California, Virginia and Texas than in any other state. While each state is home to multiple military posts, such as Naval Base San Diego; Fort Hood in Texas and Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, large defense contracts were the primary driver.

October 24, 2021